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Tuesday April 14, 2026

11,750 Finnish higher Edu students go abroad for exchange in 2025

A total of 11,750 Finnish higher education students went abroad for exchange studies or international traineeships as part of their studies in 2025, said the Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release on Thursday. The number is over a thousand more students than in the previous year.

Published: 21:16 pm,Wednesday 8 April 2026

34,500 students to pay back Kela aid as income limit exceeds

About 34,500 students exceeded their income limit for student financial aid in 2025, said the Social Insurance Institution-Kela in a press release on Wednesday. These students have until the end of April to pay back financial aid they received in 2025 if they want to avoid the recovery

Published: 01:54 am,Thursday 2 April 2026

Number of primary, lower secondary students on wane in Finland

There were 47,600 pupils in pre-primary education and 537,000 pupils in primary and lower secondary education in 2025 in Finland, according to Statistics Finland. The number of pupils in primary and lower secondary education fell by two per cent from the previous year. A total of 50,100 pupils started

Published: 21:50 pm,Monday 16 March 2026

Tampere to ban face coverings in schools, daycare centres

The City of Tampere has prepared new guidelines imposing ban on face coverings in educational institutions and daycare centres, said the city in a press release on Monday. The city took the move to impose the restriction in early childhood education, basic education, upper secondary education and vocational education

Published: 22:38 pm,Wednesday 11 March 2026

5.8% students discontinue studies in 2023-24 session

A total of 5.8 per cent of students attending education leading to a qualification or degree discontinued their studies and did not resume education leading to a qualification or degree in the academic year 2023/2024, according to Statistics Finland. The discontinuation percentage among the young people in general upper

Published: 22:36 pm,Tuesday 3 March 2026

Completion rate of polytechnics degrees drops in Finland

The completion rate of university of applied sciences (Polytechnics) degrees in the target time decreased in 2024 by four percentage points compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Finland. The completion rate of vocational education and training and of higher university degrees improved by one percentage point. Within

Published: 02:40 am,Thursday 26 March 2026

Oxford English Dictionary adds new Malaysian, Singaporean words

The Oxford English Dictionary has added several Malaysian English terms in its latest update, with words originating from the Malay language and dialect of the Minnan (Hokkien) language, reported Xinhua. The update contains 11 new words from Singaporean or Malaysian English, highlighting the region's linguistic influence on global

Published: 00:15 am,Thursday 26 February 2026

Income limits for student loan interest assistance to rise in March

The income limits for assistance with student loan interest will be raised as of the beginning of March, said the national social insurance institution-Kela in a press release on Wednesday. This means that more people who have ended their studies may be able to get interest assistance. The number

Published: 01:39 am,Tuesday 24 February 2026

Haavisto, Robinson to get honorary doctorates from Helsinki University

Veteran politician of Vihreä liitto (Finnish Green League) Pekka Haavisto and Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences James Robinson will receive honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki, said the university in a press release on Monday. The Faculty of Social Sciences will confer four honorary doctorates in its May

Published: 20:48 pm,Tuesday 10 February 2026

Kela asks 28,000 students to repay overpaid benefit

The national social insurance institution-Kela asked about 28,000 students to repay the overpaid student financial aid for 2024 by April 15 this year, said Kela in a press release on Tuesday. The total amount of overpaid student financial aid proposed to be recovered is EUR 30.7 million. The students need

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